Hornady 375 RUGER "BASIC" brass sure is "basic". They weren't joking.
I bought a box of this brass when I was down south (Alberta) and when I got it home, I guess I was a little surprised at what I saw. The brass is unformed. I guess not a big problem, BUT, I have never tried to form bottlenecked brass from straight walled brass. It was always either new (factory formed) or once fired.
The other thing is that the bottom of the brass is unmarked. Period. Nothing. Great for wildcatters (I guess??) but leaves me wanting..... I guess I wanted at least the bottom of the brass marked as to the caliber (on box) . I have seen many kinds of brass, and never saw a bottlenecked cartridge come as straight walled brass, left for the reloader to form. Is this normal, and I have been firing too many boring calibers???
How do I make normal shaped brass from this. I don't want to ruin or split the cases, or , over work them into shape and have one fail on me in my face. Is there a process I need to be aware of to do this without hurting the brass??
I have RCBS Full Length dies + RCBS Neck sizing dies and am loading for a Ruger Alaskan. (20" pipe, and Hogue stock) Any help will be appreciated.
AS A P.S. I just bought a box of Barnes 250gr TTSX bullets and can't find any load data (I have the Barnes #4 manual) but no 250gr bullets are in that book in .375 caliber. The book Must have been published after load data was available or before this bullet was finalized.
Anyhow, any loads anyone has??? (I have Winchester mag and lg rifle primers, Reloader 15, 19, 22 plus IMR 4350, H4895, and H414. This is the only powders/primers I have on hand way up North here in Yellowknife)
Thanks for Looking and giving me any tips and advice (OR for sharing your pet load!!!)
Ol' Sarge
I bought a box of this brass when I was down south (Alberta) and when I got it home, I guess I was a little surprised at what I saw. The brass is unformed. I guess not a big problem, BUT, I have never tried to form bottlenecked brass from straight walled brass. It was always either new (factory formed) or once fired.
The other thing is that the bottom of the brass is unmarked. Period. Nothing. Great for wildcatters (I guess??) but leaves me wanting..... I guess I wanted at least the bottom of the brass marked as to the caliber (on box) . I have seen many kinds of brass, and never saw a bottlenecked cartridge come as straight walled brass, left for the reloader to form. Is this normal, and I have been firing too many boring calibers???
How do I make normal shaped brass from this. I don't want to ruin or split the cases, or , over work them into shape and have one fail on me in my face. Is there a process I need to be aware of to do this without hurting the brass??
I have RCBS Full Length dies + RCBS Neck sizing dies and am loading for a Ruger Alaskan. (20" pipe, and Hogue stock) Any help will be appreciated.
AS A P.S. I just bought a box of Barnes 250gr TTSX bullets and can't find any load data (I have the Barnes #4 manual) but no 250gr bullets are in that book in .375 caliber. The book Must have been published after load data was available or before this bullet was finalized.
Anyhow, any loads anyone has??? (I have Winchester mag and lg rifle primers, Reloader 15, 19, 22 plus IMR 4350, H4895, and H414. This is the only powders/primers I have on hand way up North here in Yellowknife)
Thanks for Looking and giving me any tips and advice (OR for sharing your pet load!!!)
Ol' Sarge
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